Article of manufacture



Dec. 19 1922.

1,439,243 F. T. HUGHES ET AL. I

ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE. FILED ocfr. 31. I921.

jz zven fans FBANaIs "I2 HUgHt-fi Lmpy p, Htrerirzso Patented Dec. i9, 1922 I rnancns'r. nuenss AND EMILY B." HUe-Hnsfor BERKELEY, eALfronNIn.

' narrow or nanurec'runnl Application filed. Getober s1, 1921. .-;Seria1'1\To. 511,967.

To all w/zonrit may (X/"HCQPHI Be it known that we, -FRANGES T. HUGHES and EMILY l3. TTUGHESV citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Berkeley, county of Alameda, and State of California. have made new and useful Inventionto wit, Improvements in an Article of Manufacture; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of thesame.

This invention relates particularly to an improved ornamental, collapsible edging.

An object of this invention is to provide an article of manufacture of such struc-- ture that it can be made of inexpensivematerm] and which when assembled Wlll be collapsible into a very small space for storage, and is extensible and self-supporting when; extended into the form' of a circle. A. further object of this invention is to provide an article of manufacture adapted to various household uses and susceptible of ornamental treatment. 'A. still further ob ject is to arrange the invention in individual sections so that a plurality of sections might be connected together to function as a single unit. Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear as this description progresses.

In this sp'eclfication and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood thatthe invention is not limited to such form because it maybe embodied in other forms; and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description, it is desired, to cover 7 the invention in whatsoever form it may be with our invention.

In detail, the construction illustrated in I the drawings includes a series of flat strips 1 made from metal, celluloid or any other suitable material and which are provided with holes at each end and in the center to engage hollow pivot pins 2.

The pivot pins 2 are loosely secured in the respective holes to allow the strips 1.

when joined in the lazy tongs relation,'to be flexed to the circular position shown in Fig." 1. The strips I 1 will be preferably pivotedtogether in sections so that the ends of the last strips may be joined together by the connecting strips 8 and 8. The con necting strip 3 is provided with an open ing 4 therein. The opposite connecting strip 3 has a latch member 5, vvith accatch pin 7 thereon, pivoted thereto at 6 so as engage the open ng 4, aforementioned.

Each section would be provided with the latch and engaging means whereby, a section might be flexed into the form of a CII'ClG and the opposite ends thereof detachably engaged together or a plural number of sections o1ned together where a larger circle be desired. The idea of providing short sections and with means for joining the plurality of such sections together permits an article of this character tobe inexpensively and cheaply manufactured and sold and to come within the reach of all.

Since time immemorial, birthday cakes and the like have been adorned with the illuminating mediums such as candles and the like and the melted wax or tallow from the burned candles will fall on' to the top of the cake so as to partially destroy it. The

usual means for supporting the candles on" the cake likewise puncture the upper surface thereof with a number of unsightly perforations tending to minimize all artistic results. With the use ofran article of manufacture constructed in accordance with our invention'and applied to a birthday cake, it is possible to obtain the same-artistic ef fects (as Where candles are placed directly on to the cake) by supporting the same adjacent the circumferential edge of said cake.

To supportthe candles in the manner described, we have provided supports for the candles, or other illuminating media, com.

prising sockets 1O havingspring fingers 11 thereon which are adapted to detachably engage the hollow pivots 2. The supports 10 may be arranged in the series of strips according tothe particular ideas of the user.

Although the candle supports are shownas being separate and independent of the pivoted strips, it is to be understood that the supporting .nieans might be formed. integrallywitli eithertlie strips or the pivots. Having thus described this invention hat we desireitosecure by Lette Pa e 1s:

1. Anarticle of manufacture comprising a series of strips pivoted together by 1101- low pivots in lazy tongs 'ela-tion and adapted to be flexed into the form of a cir-, cleiandisupports.positlonable within said 1101-,

low pivots;

2. An article of manufacture comprising a series of strips pivoted togethert byghol low pirots in lazyfltongs relation and adapted to bekflerged into the form of a circle; Ineanscfordetachably engaging together the ,last Strips in said series an supports positionable'within said liollowpivots;

l pivots in 3. ikiiornaniental edging omprising :1 series of strips pivoted togetlierby hollow lazy tongs relation and adapted to be fiexed into the form of a circle; means for detachably engaging together the last strips insaid series; supports positionable Within said hollow pivots. comprising socketsxfor containing an illuminating medium and a spring finger on said socket adz'ipted to detachabl engage said holloii pivots.

In testimony whereof, we, have hereunto set our hands at San Francisco, California this 29nd day of October 1921.

FRANCES T HUGHES, EMILY B. HUGHES.

In presence of LINCOLN V, JQHNSON. 

